Freda Swain

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Freda Swain (b. 1902, d. 1985) was a British composer and music educator. Freda Swain was born at Portsmouth, England. She studied with Dora Matthay and at the Royal Academy of Music with Stanford and Arthur Alexander. She earned awards including the Sullivan Prize in 1921. In 1924 Swain began teaching at the Royal Academy, and in 1936 she founded the British Music Movement to help promote the efforts of young composers and artists.